Abstract

The clown fish Amphiprion sebae is one
of the very few marine ornamental fishes that
has been successfully bred in temperate waters.
In India for the first time successful larval
rearing was accomplished at the Regional
Centre of CMFRI, Mandapam Camp. The technique
developed can be adopted in selected
places and commercial clown fish hatcheries
can be established. This not only helps in improving
the export trade and foreign exchange
inflow but also meet the ever increasing demand
for this exquisitse fishes by the
aquarists.